Preterm birth: Neuropsychological profiles and atypical developmental pathways

Developmental Disabilities Research Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 102-113

  Sansavini, Alessandra ^a   Guarini, Annalisa ^a   Caselli, Maria Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

ADHD; Attention; Communication and language; Executive functions; Literacy; Math; Memory; Preterm birth; Visuomotor skills

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BLEEDING; BRAIN DAMAGE; BRAIN DISEASE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN MATURATION; CEREBRAL PALSY; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; IMMATURITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LEARNING DISORDER; LEUKOMALACIA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MOTONEURON; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PREMATURE LABOR; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SHORT TERM MEMORY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPELLING; TERM BIRTH; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; WORKING MEMORY; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREGNANCY; PREMATURE BIRTH;

EID: 84875259407     PISSN: 19405510     EISSN: 19405529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ddrr.1105     Document Type: Article

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